Gulf Shores - Thanksgiving 2013

We are in Gulf Shores this year for Thanksgiving with Gerald's whole family! It's different from the usual dinner in Decatur, but has been SO much fun! I wish we could always do this! We're all staying a cool house Gerald's parents rented. It's right on the beach, and it's so beautiful here!!

Gerald enjoyed tossing the football on the beach with his nephew, Chase! He's so big now, and big into sports like his uncle.

    My cutie ;)

   Gerald with his mom and sister. They were preparing our yummy Thanksgiving dinner! Every bit of it was so good!! Definitely the best meal we've had all year! ;) 

   Love this picture of all the kids with their Great Grandparents, Mama Frankie & Grandaddy! We all loved getting to see them! The last time they saw Cole, he was just at a year old, so he'd changed a lot to them.

Abby and Cole are loving playing with their cousins Kayli, Chase, and Mary  Hyatt! Mary Hyatt is so cute, she follows Abby around and wants to do everything that she does. Just like Abby does to older cousin Kayli. Haha it's so sweet!! I wish they could all play more, but when they do get together it's like they were never apart! :) 

The weather has been pretty chilly up until today, Friday. It was absolutely beautiful today!! I think this picture is awesome!

Abby loves getting to hang out with Kayli! She's really grown up, and starts driving this spring! They have a great time together though, and I love this picture of them!!

    Me and Abby! She's getting to be such a big girl, and too pretty!! :)  

    Gerald's sister took all of these and I just had to share them all because I loved them so much!! 

   Needless to say we've had a great Thanksgiving holiday with everyone! The beach house couldn't have been a more perfect idea. Today we even braved the outlets for Black Friday deals, and it took us almost an hour it seemed to even get into the mall area haha!! Tomorrow is the Iron Bowl and we're so excited to watch it with our family (minus The Adams which have left to visit Ben's family at another beach house) for once! Lots of great memories have been made this week! :)

WAR EAGLE!!

Friends, Cake, & Choo Choo's! :)

Well, I forgot to mention in my last post that we finally moved into our new apartment right before Halloween. We love Daphne!! Now that Abby has met new friends in school we've been going to all their birthday parties here lately! The past party was at the prettiest park in historic, downtown Daphne. We had no clue about this park, and I'm so glad we discovered it! Cole tagged along and LOVED swinging on the baby swings!! He would just laugh and laugh, to the point where he could barely breath! 

 Aren't her friends so cute?! ;) 

The huge, ancient, water oaks make a canopy across the entire playground! 

There was a free carnival going on across the street from the party. So after the cake and presents, we all went for more fun, and the kids loved it!

Cole loved riding the choo choo train, and getting to sit in the firetruck! That was a BIG hit!!! 

 He's usually shy around strangers, but he went right to the fireman who showed him around. They even let Cole drive the steering wheel, and wear the helmet! :) 

We're so happy here, and getting out meeting new people makes it so much better!!

Halloween 2013

I know I'm very late on posting, but what's new!? Seriously doubt anyone reads this anyways haha!

Here are pictures from Halloween, I will just let them do most of the talking.

Cole was Batman, and Abby was Minnie Mouse!! :) He did such a good job and just walked right up to all of the houses to grab his candy! Abby did a lot better this year too! She's really starting to break out of her shell some more.

Okay so this next picture requires some explaining. A house in Lake Forest (behind our apartments) goes ALL OUT every year! I mean that is an under statement and there is no words to describe how amazingly awesome they're house was!!! You just had to be there to experience it yourself! It didn't feel like we were at a house or in a neighborhood at ALL! They had a carnival like atmosphere complete with tents, a fortune teller, and booths full of scary people. They literally transformed their backyard into a legit and amazing haunted house and all!!!  It was for sure the best Halloween we've ever had!!

Yes she is real! ;)

 Even though Daddy had to miss out due to class. It was the best Halloween ever!! Loved seeing the kids have so much fun!